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https://twitter.com/Natsume_Inc/status/605768373696229378

Natsume Inc. ‏@Natsume_Inc 4m4 minutes ago

Introducing HARVEST MOON: SEEDS OF MEMORIES! Welcome a new Harvest Moon game, coming to Wii U, PC, iOS, and Android~

PR:

Burlingame, CA. – June 2, 2015 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today reveals the next title in the long-running Harvest Moon series, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories. This is the first Harvest Moon that will be on the Nintendo Wii U, as well as the first Harvest Moon ever on the PC. In addition, the title will also be the first mainline Harvest Moon title on both iOS and Android.

"From the farm to the town, we wanted Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories to evoke the feeling of a classic Harvest Moon game with modern twists!" said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO of Natsume Inc. "We're also excited to finally bring the Harvest Moon series to the Nintendo Wii U, PC, and mobile platforms, where fans have definitely told us they want to see the series."

Go back to the roots of Harvest Moon in the latest installment of the series! Inspired by the old-school gameplay of the very first games, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories will bring players a sense of nostalgia, along with exciting gameplay twists.

Tasked with the job of revitalizing a farm, players will need to befriend the villagers in town to unlock the titular "Seeds of Memories"! Seeds can be unlocked in many ways, such as giving a villager their favorite item, catching a giant fish, or by raising their first cow. Players will need to be up to the challenge of collecting all of the Seeds of Memories!

Old favorites return in the animal department with cows, sheep, and chickens, along with a horse to ride, and a dog to keep as a pet! Farmers will also have a new pet to take care of, but it isn't what they'd expect... It's a bobcat! The bobcat starts out wild, but as players befriend the animal, can they convince the bobcat to become their loyal friend?

Featuring cooking, fishing, foraging, and mining, players will need to upgrade their tools to find the highest-quality items. Players will also be able to participate in contests and festivals like the Cooking Contest and Starry Night Festival! Woo one of the ten marriage candidates – 5 bachelors and 5 bachelorettes – and find that special someone to make their farming life complete!

Look for Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories to blossom on Wii U, Steam, iOS, and Android this winter! There will be an early look at the game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) June 16th-18th in Los Angeles (South Hall, booth 615).

 

[YianGaruga]

That's an interesting selection of platforms

 

[zroid]

Reminder that this is a Natsume developed game, not Marvelous.

 

[zenosparadox]

First Harvest Moon game for the Wii U. Interesting.

 

[ShogunDarius]

Harvest Moon in name but not a actual Harvest Moon game

 

[ZiZ]

Terrible font, did they make that logo on power point?

 

[Shard]

That's an interesting selection of platforms

Kind of random isn't it.

 

[BY2K]

Harvest Moon in name but not a actual Harvest Moon game

What?

 

[foxuzamaki]

WiiU? Sweet

 

[thewhitehawk]

My interest in the game as reading the platforms it would be available in was:

• Yes!
• Oh, interesting!
• Oh...
• Ugh.

 

[Kouriozan]

Spoiler

Oh, it's Story of Seasons clone

I wonder how it'll be gameplay-wise.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Reminder that this is a Natsume developed game, not Marvelous.

While it's nice to see that a Harvest Moon game is coming to PC, I don't have the highest expectations because of this.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

I hope they return to their roots for this one, because the 3DS installments were terrible.

Spoiler

They probably won't.

 

[Majestad]

Won't play a new HM unless they go back to their old art-style.

 

[ShogunDarius]

What?

It's only Harvest Moon in name, the actual Harvest Moon games are published by Xseed and made by Marvelous like this one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Seasons

The true Harvest Moon games are the Bokujō Monogatari games

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Nintendo supported platforms are listed twice on the title.

 

[Basileus777]

I wonder if it will be F2P.

 

[JetSetRadio]

That's something I would consider playing on my phone, nice!

 

[Hristi]

Pc and smartphones huh.

 

[Swamped]

That's an interesting selection of platforms

It's like they put all the available platforms in a bag, shook it, and chose the first 4 from it.

But, this is from the same people who made Lost Valley, right? So not the 'real' harvest moon.

 

[Jonnax]

What?

Bokujou Monogatari is the name of Harvest Moon in Japan.
The trademark for Harvest moon is owned by Natsume.
Marvelous AQL make the Bokujou Monogatari games in Japan.
Their Bokujou Monogatari 3DS game was called Story of Seasons in the West: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Seasons

 

[Flarin]

When was the last non-handheld Harvest Moon game? PS2?

 

[Hero of Legend]

Say what you will about Lost Valley, but did you a very special person composed hte music for that?

That man being Tsukasa Tawada, aka the composer of Pokemon Colosseum, XD, Battle Revolution, Battle Trozei, and Shuffle!

Also the game was developed by Tabot, and research showed it's got some a Victor Interactive and Genius Sonority lead in there.

 

[Crayten]

Pretty sure it will be some f2p crap after i read the plattforms.

 

[Hero of Legend]

When was the last non-handheld Harvest Moon game? PS2?

Wii, Harvest Moon: Animal Parade.

Or if you include it, Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny on Wii and PS3.

 

[bigkrev]

What a strange set of platforms. I'm guessing designed for iOS/Android first, and played via mouse on PC and Gamepad touch controls on WiiU? Which doesn't explain why there isn't a 3DS version.

 

[Kouriozan]

It's like they put all the available platforms in a bag, shook it, and chose the first 4 from it.

Or they did like Game Freak :

Why is your new game not coming out for Wii U?

When I was writing the presentation documents for this game, I drew a
mockup poster, and I put the Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox logos at
the bottom. It seemed to fit, and it happened to stick that way. We thought about other hardware during development, but our hands were pretty full with those three platforms!

 

[ShogunDarius]

that platform split is certainly interesting, and not in a good way

 

[Jucksalbe]

When was the last non-handheld Harvest Moon game? PS2?

There was a Rune Factory game on PS3/Wii and two normal Harvest Moon games on Wii.

 

[DashReindeer]

Weird-ass platforms, but I don't think I can complain about a new Wii U third-party game announcement. Am excited to hear more about this.

 

[R3TRO]

Nice it's on PC

 

[ohlawd]

as the only person on GAF who enjoyed The Lost Valley, this is bought

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

wonder if this'll die off as quickly as championship manager did

 

[Eila]

No 3DS?
Is it the first Harvest Moon on PC?
Are they ever going to stop using the same logo and cheaply paste the new subtitle at the bottom? That render looks OLD. Like, from N64 days.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Don't freak over mobile, Hometown Story was also multi with 3DS and mobile, and the mobile version was different from it. Likely the same thing here.

 

[wrowa]

Don't freak over mobile, Hometown Story was also multi with 3DS and mobile, and the mobile version was different from it. Likely the same thing here.

Hometown Story also was complete garbage on every platform it releaed on, lol.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Was their a falling out between Marvelous & Natsume? I don't get it. Looking at Story of Seasons though and yikes the artwork has gotten more generic as time went on.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Hometown Story also was complete garbage on every platform it releaed on, lol.

Yeah and I don't get why, I mean it was directed by Wada who created HM. Wonder what happened.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of interest in this series without Marvelous's involvement.

I think the platforms make sense though. Wii U, because series heritage. iOS/Android, because Japan. PC, because PC.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Or they did like Game Freak :

ahahahaha this is still the best reason ever

 

[Htown]

Whoa, hold on a sec.

PC?

 

[LeoDiBlack]

Have been waiting for this for so long...

 

[Corpekata]

Well, even if it sucks at least Stardew Valley has to be hitting close to the end of development soon on PC.

 

[RPG_Fanatic]

Interesting choice of platforms. I'm curious to see what this will look like.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

When Reading the platforms I was like

Wii U : )
PC
IOS : |
Android : (

I hope they prove wrong and the game is good and not dumbed down

 

[Akhe]

My Wii U is ready!!

 

[sörine]

Say what you will about Lost Valley, but did you a very special person composed hte music for that?

That man being Tsukasa Tawada, aka the composer of Pokemon Colosseum, XD, Battle Revolution, Battle Trozei, and Shuffle!

Also the game was developed by Tabot, and research showed it's got some a Victor Interactive and Genius Sonority lead in there.

Tabot is a Cave subsidiary btw.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Tabot is a Cave subsidiary btw.

Da hell? That's random.

 

[bomblord1]

Will probably get it on wiiU.

Would prefer a Rune Factory game on wiiU though (I know that's Marvelous not Natsume)

 

[Nairume]

Was their a falling out between Marvelous & Natsume? I don't get it. Looking at Story of Seasons though and yikes the artwork has gotten more generic as time went on.

I don't think we know the specifics, but a large part of it is probably just that Marvelous has its own localization studio now and reasonably wanted to just start doing it themselves.